"He did not anticipate victory, but hoped at least for an honorable death. Alas, the darkness reached out to h

"He did not anticipate victory, but hoped at least for an honorable death. Alas, the darkness reached out to him from the abominable Spawn of the Beast, and refused him even that. An aura of madness filled the gnome with delusions of grandeur, and transported his mind into the marvelous fey world, where he sits, a godlike ruler."